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Wonder Why Marketers Looking Elsewhere? Look Here
- Huffington Post, Monday, July 29, 2013 8 AM
No wonder marketers are loving the BRIC. Four out of 5 U.S. adults are jobless, at near-poverty, and on welfare for parts of their lives. The U.S. is experiencing deteriorating economic security and the vanishing American dream. Survey data from the AP cites the globalized U.S. economy, the widening gap between rich and poor, and the loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs as reasons for the trend. Hardship is particularly growing among whites, based on several measures. Pessimism about their families' economic futures has climbed to the highest point since at least 1987.
